Etymology

multitocous

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Today it means: Giving birth to multiple young at one time; synonym of multiparous and polytocous. Full definition →

Latin multi- ← Ancient Greek τόκος
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτόκος
  2. Latin · borrowed frommulti-
  3. English todaymultitocous

From Latin multi- + Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτόκος all →

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